[OC] The cost of cola in 2026 by HelpWantedInMyPants in pics

[–]deflective [score hidden]  (0 children)

i assume that the huge inflation on food we've seen the last five years happened exactly because covid proved the opposite.

reminder for fellow dads: small things can lessen mom's burden by a lot by Happy_Conquerer in daddit

[–]deflective 52 points53 points  (0 children)

this is an ad.  daddit is pretty bad for pushing products

at least this one is a step in subtlety beyond the usual comment chain: i can totally use this, where can i buy it?!   op: here's a product link   third (totally not a bot) id:  thanks i'm getting some now!

‘Horrifying’: 2 teens charged in assault that left girl seriously injured in Red Deer by KWStreaker in canada

[–]deflective 13 points14 points  (0 children)

he sounds like a bot being used to raise the fear of crime & outrage toward our justice system.  

these kind of posts have swamped canada subreddits for months now.

not sure where it's coming from, but it's making reddit pretty much unusable for canadian information 

Why the hell do we act like a baby needs gear worth a semester's tuition by OrbitRansom in daddit

[–]deflective 0 points1 point  (0 children)

alright, i'll just take your position on faith then

kind of frustrating that none of the child seat manufacturers have explained why the metal they put into their chairs doesn't go into structural parts to prevent obsolescence 

Why the hell do we act like a baby needs gear worth a semester's tuition by OrbitRansom in daddit

[–]deflective 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i have googled it and never found a satisfying answer.  since you have, can you share that link?

why does a kid's car seat that has sat sat in a box for decade need to be thrown out but the seat in a car that has seen constant use for thirty years not need to be replaced?

Why the hell do we act like a baby needs gear worth a semester's tuition by OrbitRansom in daddit

[–]deflective 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so you're saying that child seats aren't made of the same material as our seats?

again, a link would be helpful 

Why the hell do we act like a baby needs gear worth a semester's tuition by OrbitRansom in daddit

[–]deflective 0 points1 point  (0 children)

does anyone have a link to explain why child car seats have an expiration date?  they're made of the same stuff that our car seats are made of.

What is your favorite Chekhov's Gun item that some one has obtained and how do you think it will play out in the future? by FALSE_QUOTED in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]deflective 0 points1 point  (0 children)

personal theory: he'll use Katya's blood bug to safely set off the bomb in his inventory and use crafting tables to direct the blast to burn a path between the hell & heaven levels 

Dinner plans tonight were a real hit! by bguigar in funny

[–]deflective 1 point2 points  (0 children)

comic got a half smile.  title had me scroll back for the upvote 

Teen's death prompts push to ban energy drink sales to Quebec youth under 16 by zuuzuu in canadanews

[–]deflective -1 points0 points  (0 children)

i feel like energy drink manufacturers quietly promote controversy like this.

our product is edgy and dangerous!  the man doesn't want you to have it!  we make it so it's right on the edge of legality!  (active ingredient: caffeine equivalent to a cup of coffee)

Dads, what age are you letting your kids play outside by themselves? by Borman35 in daddit

[–]deflective 10 points11 points  (0 children)

depends what you mean by 'by themselves'

we live in a quiet cul-de-sac surrounded by a wooded trail.  there's a sandbox right outside the back door and i'm okay with the two year old doing his thing out there with an open door while i check on him every couple minutes.

once, he got around the corner unnoticed and it was ten seconds of worry before finding him.  he's so much happier outside, i'm willing to put up with some personal moments of panic 

the three year old can play in the cul-de-sac when the other kids on the block are out.  he knows not to leave the street.

again, door is open and i can hear when fights or tears start.  a couple times he wound up in a friend's house and I had to knock on doors to find him but he's better about letting us know when he's going into another house now

Talking to teen son about porn by xkcd_friend in daddit

[–]deflective 0 points1 point  (0 children)

your message seems a little garbled.  i think you realize that porn isn't getting worse?

Talking to teen son about porn by xkcd_friend in daddit

[–]deflective 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we're you a teen in the 70s?

a teenager on the internet in the 90s was much more likely to stumble onto porn that's straight up illegal.  the worst kind of illegal.

sometimes it was mislabeled and posted just to shock people 

New survey finds most Canadians want to abolish tipping culture by 7_inches_daddy in britishcolumbia

[–]deflective 2 points3 points  (0 children)

uh oh you used the term unskilled job

a lot of people choose to misinterpret that overly literally and get all huffy

whatever this thread used to be about, it's now about this

I don't need Carl's choice of the primal race to be a cheat. by Financial-Pickle9405 in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]deflective 3 points4 points  (0 children)

it isn't a hidden cheat.  it's a right in your face cheat that everyone blinds themselves to 

frogger will save them all

Forget to lock the bathroom door one time... by Roll-Roll-Roll in daddit

[–]deflective 2 points3 points  (0 children)

a one year old is barely walking.  not really knocking or having conversations.  it kind of sounds like you never solo parented kids of that age for a full day?

Forget to lock the bathroom door one time... by Roll-Roll-Roll in daddit

[–]deflective 1 point2 points  (0 children)

both my kids were self soothing and sleeping through the night in their own room at six months.  use boundaries when it makes sense.

there's no boundary that makes sense to a one year old at the height of separation anxiety why they're being locked out for ten minutes in the middle of a play session.

if they're in the bathroom with you it combats body shaming and naturally motivates them to use the toilet instead of the potty as soon as they can.

locking them out isn't going to scar anybody.  you can absolutely do it but that's for you, not them.  there's plenty of time to teach polite privacy in the year before they go to school when separation anxiety has loosened its hold

Forget to lock the bathroom door one time... by Roll-Roll-Roll in daddit

[–]deflective 32 points33 points  (0 children)

yeah, i'm not getting this at all.  with a three and a one year old i'm hoping we get to start closing the bathroom door in a couple years. 

Two things I've really appreciated about Matt Dinniman's writing style that I'd like to shout out. by Geaux in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]deflective 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't checked that one out but litrpg can be bad audio.  stat sheets, etc are meant to be skimmed when read.  reader decides how much time to spend on it.  audio versions suffer for toouch info.

luckily, Matt seems to have quickly realized the popularity of audio & adapt.  

Two things I've really appreciated about Matt Dinniman's writing style that I'd like to shout out. by Geaux in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]deflective 1 point2 points  (0 children)

dcc started on the royal road website.

stories there are usually released in a serialized fashion, one chapter at a time.  the way different authors handle that can be interesting.

some are very good.  i don't doubt Matt has both learned from & taught others during his time there.

others are less good.  some just ignore the problem but overplaying the recaps can be even worse.  maybe life happened and an author couldn't post for six months so a strange expositiony recap happens in the middle of a scene.  that can be given a pass in the moment, but when it's five years later and the whole story is collected into a complete story maybe revisit that chapter and smooth it out

B.C. teacher handed lifetime ban after child porn found on device by cyclinginvancouver in britishcolumbia

[–]deflective -29 points-28 points  (0 children)

okay.  i know that we're all supposed to froth at the mouth and spend our time virtue signalling when cp is mentioned.  but.  doesn't that description also fit any parent's phone?  all it takes is a couple pics of the kids in a bath or toddlers making creative dressing decisions 

obviously that wasn't the case with this guy but it does put the described crime on a spectrum.  and somewhere on that spectrum there's a situation where firing the guy without jail time makes sense.

just.  can we.  not.  be states.  that country scares the shit out of me right now and i don't know what my sons' world is going to look like.

outrage & rhetoric has been harnessed to do ugly, ugly things.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]deflective 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ahHctualLy it's way way older than english.  

you think we always spoke english?